This Nov. 4 we will do something we've never done in our 35 years of voting — vote in every state and national election. Beginning with John Anderson, the Republican senator who ran against Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, we've usually pulled the lever for "Third Party" candidates. For this most important election, we will be voting a straight party ticket for the Democratic Party candidates.

The Republican machine has gone so completely to the extreme right that it's no longer recognizable. The GOP has almost nothing in common with its past, and is now trying to drag the U.S. back with policies that created the 1930s decade of Depression. Can you imagine Presidents Abraham Lincoln or Theodore Roosevelt as Republican candidates today?

Of course, facts don't matter to many of us, who will continue voting for only one political party. One scary aspect of this Halloween is that so many people will vote for candidates who will hurt them the most. In Wisconsin, another most glaring political fact is that Republicans own all three branches of government, and have spent that good fortune on welfare for the wealthiest, most powerful, corporate interests. Where are those good jobs?

Other states are benefiting from the more than billion dollars of our taxes, our money, which Scott Walker refused to accept. That's fiscal suicide rather than genuine conservative values. Instead of helping taxpayers find jobs, Republicans have bullied the weakest Wisconsinites — restricting access to health, voting, and equal, fair wages.

It's hard to know why some voters believe it's bad being progressive, open minded, helpful to others (as in "do-gooders") or liberal, but this time it'll be easy voting for all Democratic candidates.